Job Description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

Clinical Technician - Children's Rehab

Location

Cleveland

Facility

Childrens Hospital Rehabilitation

Department

Nursing-Children's Institute

Job Code

G13001

Shift

Day/Evening/Night/Weekend

Schedule

7:00am-7:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

At Cleveland Clinic Children’s, our team brings expertise to each check-up, test and procedure to ensure every child receives the best possible care. When you join this family of caregivers, you will receive endless support and guidance as you find your place at one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As a Clinical Technician, you will play an important role in supporting pediatric patients and their families while helping create a safe, compassionate and positive care environment. You will assist with vital signs, bathing, dressing changes, diaper changes and other basic patient care needs while partnering closely with nurses and the care team. You may also support telemetry unit responsibilities, including cleaning toys, checking the medication room for expired supplies and serving as a patient sitter when needed. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children, including those with tracheostomies, special needs and complex care needs.

Successful Clinical Technicians are compassionate, outgoing and comfortable working with children and families. Strong communication and teamwork skills are essential, along with the flexibility to adapt to the needs of the unit and patients. Pediatric healthcare experience is preferred, and caregivers should be comfortable providing hands-on care to children with a variety of medical needs.

A caregiver in this position works PRN, day/evening/night/weekend, 7:00am—7:30pm.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide or assist with patient care under the supervision of an RN. Patient care may include vital signs, weight, assisting patients with personal care and activities of daily living, patient transfers/transport, pulse oximetry, point of care testing, dressing changes, applying external monitoring devices and removing urinary Foley catheter.
• Report abnormal findings or changes in physical, mental and emotional conditions to an RN.
• Assist with keeping patients’ rooms clean and orderly.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (If you do not hold this certification, you must obtain it during your new hire period)
• Nursing students required to have BLS prior to hire
• One year of recent, full-time patient care experience
• Nursing student who has completed at least one clinical rotation as part of an accredited nursing school program
• Military experience as a Hospital Corpsman (HM), Combat Medic (68W) or Medical Service Technician (4N0X1)

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Pediatric healthcare experience

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full body motion to move and lift patients, manual finger dexterity with good eye-hand coordination; involves extensive standing and walking.
• Medium Work - Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force rarely, and/or 0 to 50 pounds of force occasionally to move objects.
• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

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Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.